Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation.
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Cleon hath a million acres,-ne'er a one have I; Cleon dwelleth in a palace,-in a cottage I.
Permalink to quote #2 But the sunshine aye shall light the sky, As round and round we run; And the truth shall ever come uppermost, And justice shall be done.
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